The Making of a Man: Being a Description of Artificial Limbs and How They May Be Adopted by Those Who Have Suffered Loss of Their Natural LimbsGeorge R. Fuller Co. (Rochester, N.Y.)
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The Making of a Man: Being a Description of Artificial Limbs and How They May Be Adopted by Those Who Have Suffered Loss of Their Natural Limbs
In March, 1891, the law was amended so as to allow an artificial limb
every three years instead of every five as before. The reduction in time
took effect in various ways but was to be counted from March 1, 1891. The
act operates in three ways:
_First._ Those who were entitled on or after March 3, 1888, are
entitled every three years from such last date.
_Second._ Those who were entitled between March 3, 1886, and
March 3, 1888, were again entitled March 3, 1891, and every
three years from that date.
_Third._ Those who were entitled before March 3, 1886, were
again entitled five years from such date, and again every three
years.
On request of any soldier we will give him the exact date on which he is
entitled to an order for a leg or for commutation.
Each officer and soldier has his choice either to receive a limb or its
equivalent in money. All who want limbs will gain by taking one from the
Government, because the Government will give transportation to and from
the manufactory, the cost of which in many cases is equal to the value of
the limb. Besides, the Government requires each manufacturer to warrant
his work and material used. The soldier who draws his money and buys a
limb for himself loses all these advantages. Many manufacturers of limbs
will advise soldiers to draw the money and then buy of them, so they will
not be obliged to warrant their limbs to the Government, or give a bond
for the same.
We furnish legs and arms for all kinds of amputations, on Government
orders. The necessary blanks on which the applications should be made for
limbs and transportation will be furnished to any soldier on application.
[Illustration]
[Illustration: _The_ WALKEASY ARTIFICIAL LEG]
_The Latest Progress in Artificial Limb Construction_
The WALKEASY leg is one of the more recent of the long list of our
artificial limb products. The name signifies more than is ordinarily
supposed by the public at large, and is only comprehended as it should
be by those who are so unfortunate as to require an artificial leg
possessing the requisites indicated by the name WALKEASY. To make the new
leg such as to truly maintain this name will be our aim and effort in all
cases.
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